Human Universal Load Carrier is an un-tethered, hydraulic-powered anthropomorphic exoskeleton. It is intended to help soldiers in combat to carry a load of up to 200 pounds at a top speed of 10 miles per hour for extended periods of time………

Barrage balloons have been deployed in a new, high-tech role by British troops in Afghanistan.The 60ft-long drones are being deployed as extremely effective ‘spies in the sky’ to snare Taliban fighters before they mount attacks on British troops.